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Mark Stickels Family Website
Genealogy Record For
William Carr - (Mark's 5th Cousin)
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(Junior) William Lee Carr, Jr. (08/25/1949-07/19/1968)
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Junior's Personal Information
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Born in Hall, Upshur Co., West Virginia (WV), USA on Thursday, August 25, 1949
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Died in Quang Ngai Province, Viet Nam on Friday, July 19, 1968 (Age 19)
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Cause of Death: Died in Vietnam war - Lance Corporal William Lee Carr Jr. was on patrol in Quang Ngai Province when he was wounded by a Viet Cong explosive device, which resulted in his death.
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Comments: A picture of William can be seen at - Obituary for William Lee Carr, Jr.
William Lee Carr Jr. was born on August 25, 1949, at Hall, West Virginia, the son of William and Dema Zirkle Carr. He had three brothers and four sisters. According to his sister, Delores Chapman, “Junior,” as he was called, loved hunting and animals. She related the selling of one of Junior’s coon hounds who missed his master so much that the dog hanged himself while attempting to get loose from his new owner. States Delores, “Junior was so heartbroken.”
Junior attended Mt. Nebo Elementary School and Philip Barbour High School before enlisting in the Marine Corps in January 1967.
His tour of duty in Vietnam began September 27, 1967. On July 19, 1968, then Lance Corporal William Lee Carr Jr. was on patrol in Quang Ngai Province when he was wounded by a Viet Cong explosive device, which resulted in his death.
The name of Lance Corporal William Lee Carr Jr. appears on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. and on a monument in Barbour County, West Virginia, located in a park next to the Philippi Bridge.
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Family Tree Home | The Stickel(s) Website
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Last Modified on:
February 19, 2012
Record Created:
February 17, 2012
URL:
http://www.Mark.Stickels.org/FamilyTree2/Carr-WilliamL.html
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